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1. www.theatlantic.com › politics › archiveThe Myth of the Kindly General Lee

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   Jun 4, 2017 · Lee was a slave owner—his own views on slavery were explicated in an 1856 letter that is often misquoted to give the impression that Lee was some kind of abolitionist.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_ERobert E. Lee - Wikipedia

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   Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.

3. www.politifact.com › factchecks › 2020Fact-checking claims about Robert E. Lee’s position on ...

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   May 26, 2019 · Robert E. Lee did oppose secession and made statements later in the war on his reservations about slavery. Still, he personally owned slaves and served as the general of the Confederate Army,...

4. www.historyonthenet.com › comparing-grant-and-leeComparing Grant and Lee: A Study In Contrasts - History

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   The works of T. Harry Williams and Thomas L. Connelly (especially his The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society [1977]) tied Lee to the Myth of the Lost Cause, explained deliberate pro-Lee distortions of the historical record, and further questioned Lee’s strategy and tactics.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2017/08/18 › usWhat Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858

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   Aug 18, 2017 · “He was not a pro-slavery ideologue,” Eric Foner, a Civil War historian, author and professor of history at Columbia University, said of Lee.

6. essentials.neh.gov › humanities › 2011How Did Robert E. Lee Become an American Icon? | National ...

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   White Americans’ overwhelmingly uncritical embrace of Lee actually was central to the story of how, in historian David W. Blight’s terms, the campaign for national “reconciliation” thoroughly trumped the old “emancipationist” vision of the abolitionists and Radical Republicans during the first half century or so after Appomattox.

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   What does General Lee mean?

   • "General Lee" redirects here. For other uses, see General Lee (disambiguation) and Robert E. Lee (disambiguation). Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.

   Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia

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   Who was Lee & why was he important?

   • Lee, a decorated military officer from Virginia who fought for the US before the Civil War and married into the family of George Washington, was responsible for some of the Confederacy’s most consequential victories in its fight to protect slavery.

   Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming push

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   Was Lee an abolitionist?

   • White supremacy was one of Lee’s most fundamental convictions. Lee was a slave owner—his own views on slavery were explicated in an 1856 letter that is often misquoted to give the impression that Lee was some kind of abolitionist. In the letter, he describes slavery as “a moral & political evil,” but goes on to explain that:

   The Myth of the Kindly General Lee

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   Was Lee a pro-slavery ideologue?

   • Now that statues of Lee and other Confederate leaders are the focus of an intensely heated national debate, the issue is an especially pertinent one. “He was not a pro-slavery ideologue,” Eric Foner, a Civil War historian, author and professor of history at Columbia University, said of Lee.

   What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858

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   What did Lee do after he was promoted?

   • Lee's colonelcy was signed by the new president, Abraham Lincoln. Three weeks after his promotion, Colonel Lee was offered a senior command (with the rank of Major General) in the expanding Army to fight the Southern States that had left the Union. Fort Mason, Texas, was Lee's last command with the United States Army. [ 101 ]

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   Why was Lee a national hero?

   • Lee had become the embodiment of the Southern cause. A generation later, he was a national hero. The 1890s and early 20th century witnessed the consolidation of white supremacy in the post-Reconstruction South and widespread acceptance in the North of Southern racial attitudes. [ 88 ]

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8. www.aljazeera.com › news › 2021/6/12Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming ...

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   Jun 12, 2021 · Lee, a decorated military officer from Virginia who fought for the US before the Civil War and married into the family of George Washington, was responsible for some of the Confederacy’s most...